Mom and I went to meet with the surgeon today for follow-up. Everything looks good (to her), yellow, swollen, lately bruising breast (within the last 2 days) all normal. Monstrous blisters from surgical tape around chest tube healing. Muscle pain/spasm on left side normal. I'm exhausted (yet again) from walking around the hospital. I had a chest x-ray after appt with surgeon and will find out if all is ok with that and will have new bloodwork run before meeting with medical oncologist on Wed.
Post-op path report shows one of the 8 lymph nodes removed with micrometastasis (0.1 cm), so small that research has shown that it's not worth worry says surgeon. The mass removed is an "infiltrating ductal carcinoma, moderately differentiated." Tumor size is 2.1 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm. Necrosis is abscent. No lymphatic vessel or venous vessel invasion. In situ carcinoma present. Subtype: ductal carcinoma in situ, solid and comedoe types. Nuclear grade 2. Percent of total invasive tumor volume: 5%. EIC absent. Margins: negative (closest margin 0.3 cm superior). Skin involvement absent. Dermal lymphatic involvement absent. Primary tumor: T2. Regional Lymph nodes: pN1mi. Distant metastasis: MX. Associated findings: Changes consistent with previous biopsy. Fibrocystic change. Don't know if you can make much of the previous. I'll be asking questions about it on Wed with the Med Onc.
Off to nap AGAIN. Man, I'm pooped.... xox Beth
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